Ben Te’o and the England ‘finishers’ have got a strut in their step after making the difference in the late wins over France and Wales in the opening two rounds of the Six Nations. Te’o has helped to spearhead the transformation of England’s bench into match-winning shock troops instead of a group of solid replacements not quite good enough to be starters.
It is clever psychological rolereversal by Eddie Jones that has given the blokes down the pecking order a real sense of mission. And when they deliver in style, like Te’o has, their reward is standing o...